A ban on exports of cocoa and coffee beans was extended indefinitely by presidential decree, according to the government of Alassane Ouattara.
Ouattara on March 28 signed a presidential decree suspending “coffee and cocoa exports as well as the payment and the collection of related taxes and levies,” according to the decree, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg News today.
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